Last week I wrote about getting a Nintendo DS Lite and Pokemon Diamond for my birthday, a gift from my wife and daughter.

In the comments for that post, it was suggested that I should have asked for Pokemon Pearl rather than Diamond, as each has some pokemon that the other does not. You cannot catch them all if you do not have both versions.

A couple of days later I came home to find a late birthday present: Pokemon Pearl.

So now we have both, and potentially, access to all of the pokemon in this series.

I let my daughter take on the challenge of Pearl, as she was already way ahead of me in the game, having already defeated 7 of the 8 gym leaders. (I have only defeated 2 so far.)

Of course, I have read that there are a pair of new pokemon games coming out in April, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness.

If we end up having to get these games (and no doubt we will), I will know to at least get one of each this time around.

And why, you may ask, do I feel I have to watch what I write? After all, I ended up with a new game from my wife.

Well, at the end of the month, I am the one who pays the bills, and it is tough to have to moral high ground about spending too much money when there are presents for me on the credit card bill!